A Quote by Aminatta Forna

I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted.

Aminatta Forna

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Aminatta Forna
British - Writer
Born: 1964

I will never forget that the only reason I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world.

Barack Obama

All of you are aware of the tragic history of racism in America, but for a very long time, African-Americans and their white allies came together and they struggled and they stood up for justice and they stood up to lynching and they stood up to segregation and the stood up to a nation where African-Americans couldn't even vote in America.

Bernie Sanders

I think I was brought up in a respectful household.

Tom Welling

I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am.

Darrell Issa

I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed... anything that could be counted, I did.

Katherine Johnson

I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.

Wyclef Jean

For everyone here in Ohio and across America who's been ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up -- this one is for you.

Hillary Clinton

I was brought up in a household where I was not allowed to take the Lord's name in vain.

Evangeline Lilly

I was brought up in a clergyman's household so I am a first-class liar.

Sybil Thorndike

I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home.

Christina Aguilera

Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.

Imelda Staunton

Kendrick Lamar, he has stood up for peace and love in our community. When he could have just stood up for himself.

Jay Rock

You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life.

Tina Turner

I stood up to Beto O'Rourke because no one else was doing it. I stood up for the liberties of Americans, and it became a national rally cry for our Second Amendment.

Lauren Boebert

The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household.

William Christopher Handy

It's true that my father was imprisoned for three and a half years, and it was because he stood up for what he believed in. It's not a taboo subject in our household. We talk about it. After all, I want to know what happened.

Granit Xhaka

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